Cleaning the clad and found

[Lowbatts]

Two silver rosies, two buffs, one 1912 V nick, assorted wheaties and IH's and this IH that was the size of the V nick but had poor detail on it. Any ideas on it's origins? Also got some nice buttons with shanks and clear backmarks, the large one is from American Button Co., Newark, the two small ones are from Waterbury Button Co. and C. Kenyon Co., New York

 

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[fueller]

The IH looks like 1881, hard to be sure. You should look on the reverse of the v nickle and try to determine if it has an s (rare) mint mark. It would be between the bottom left hand side between the c (cents) and u (united). If it was a 1912s it would be worth a few dollars even in the condition it's in.

 

[Lowbatts]

The IH has a slight rim around the edge, this caused me at first to consider the possibility of a planchet error at the mint. That and it's nearly identical diameter to the nickel. But it's general condition seems to indicate that it saw some time in the field prior to being lost so I'm leaning on some kind of mauling in the past. The nickel is a plain jane, darn.

 

[comfyinvermont]

Where there any railroad tracks around where you found the IH. Many times kids would put them on the tracks and they would thin out and look much larger. Could be?

 

[Lowbatts]

Yep, thought the RR press was it but there is a slight rim that is at the edge of the coin. RR press would have removed that.

 

[boomer]

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lowbatts, try this site, they have a section on coins & metals. great pricing guide with pictures also a civil war site. boomer

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